The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 92: Second Chance

Ezra

"Get him loaded up," I say to my warriors.

"You'll pay for this, you f***g p**k. You'll pay for this!" Owen screams at me.

"Shut the f***k up before I break your nose again," I snarl at him. The man never shuts his f**g mouth. Some days I handle it better than others, but I'm heading to Hunter and Sophie's pack today. Being there is hard for me making me less tolerant of Owen's s**.

I sigh, watching my warriors drag Owen into the back of a windowless van, locking him in with silver handcuffs and leg restraints. "You'll regret this!" Owen screams at me again.

"Your pack is gone, half of them killed on Hunter and Sophie's pack lands. The rest, I've taken over. You can choose to shut your mouth and take your death like a man, or I'll shove a silver- soaked cloth into your mouth until we get to their pack. You're lucky I don't wrap your d*k in one after what you did to that innocent girl. I'm not listening to your s**t the entire drive, so shut your f*g mouth or pay the price, your choice," I snarl, getting into his face.

When he doesn't respond, I turn and nod to my warriors to close the doors.

"You okay, Alpha?" my Beta, Jake, asks me.

"Yeah. I just want to get this over with and get home. You need to get back to our new pack. You think Will's got things under control for now?" I ask him, referencing our G**a.

"There's barely anyone there, and we've sent a decent

contingent of warriors. Plus, Alpha Hunter's pack is close to that one; so if there's trouble, he'll call you."

I nod. Jake had been managing Owen's old pack, but with me leaving and the other Alphas still out there threatening war, I didn't want to leave my pack in the hands of my G**a. It's not that I don't trust him. I just know that Jake is the stronger leader.

"If you need anything, call me."

"We'll be fine, Alpha. It's you I'm worried about," he says quietly.

Being around Hunter was never easy after his sister, my mate, killed herself and our pup. I knew she hated how she was claimed, had been so traumatized by it that it had taken me years to finally put a pup in her. And then she'd gone without me to find out that we were having a girl. I didn't find out until after I'd found my mate's broken body and laid her body to rest, the pack and I grieving the huge loss of our Luna and my mate.

The thought of her broken body still haunts me at night when I'm alone, the cold, empty bed a constant reminder of what I had and lost.

I

So, yeah, it was always hard to see Hunter after that. He never blamed me, but I blamed myself. I blamed myself for losing her, for not being everything that she needed me to be for her. And 12.35%

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should have done, what all of us should have done. He's fought the

I could have had with Diana, if I'd been a stronger man, a stronger Alpha, if I'd been the man she deserved. I didn't know it could hurt worse to see Hunter, but it does now. Now, it's not just a reminder of what I lost, but what I could have had if only

beautiful, with a smile that lit up a room. I didn't see it much. after I marked her, but occasionally, I'd catch her smiling at a pup or every once in a great while, I'd do

to stay the night in his pack, but it's easier than dropping Owen off and turning right back around and going home. I'll suck it up. In some ways, I crave Diana's ghost that lives as much in the halls of this pack as it does in mine. Hunter's pack was her home much longer than mine

the guard gate at Alpha

Alpha Hunter know that Alpha Ezra

more echoing around the guard gate and the pack. Obviously, "Brooklyn is well loved around here. "Sure thing, Alpha. Alpha

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and we pulley

see Approve that a**hole's head from. He

beautiful sweet girl think it has more to do with Hunter and Sophie's leadership than the girl herself. Something for me to think about. I may not have a Luna, a heart for my pack,

taking a deep breath. There's a hint of jasmine in the air. I don't remember that scent from the last time I was here, and I would remember it. Diana planted jasmine all around our pack. I've fallen in love with

me

says, walking up to

Hunter Are we being formal

once." he says, putting a hand on my shoulder by way of greeting i do the same with him. We could have been brothers, we were at one time, when Diana was alive. But I had distanced myself from him after that. Maybe it's time I bridge the distance between us. Diana's been

a moment. He tilts his head, watching me and waiting "We should reaffirm our alliance while I'm

say.

surprise flash across his face before a smile begins. "I'd like

I

we walk to the back of the van where Owen has begun banging, I turn to Hunter.

thought I caught of whiff of it when I

"Has he been like this the

cloth in his mouth or around his d**k, so he'd shut up. I guess he figures he's your problem

van.

screaming obscenities at the

us.

his nose?" Hunter

truly doesn't know when to shut up," I tell him

warriors go at you until it's time to kill you. Believe me when

drop him, then 'accidentally' kick him. in the

yeah. They would prefer that I put his execution off a couple of days so they can hurt him. I wasn't kidding when I said that my warriors would love nothing more than to have a go at him. After Koden attacked, Brooklyn tirelessly stitched up their injuries if